CANADA Canada- Tanner Krupa, 19, of Edmonton, directional driller, fatally stabbed after starting job laying fiber-optics, Surrey, BC, 20 August 2017

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Joseph Ruttle Aug 21, 2023 •

Family still searching for answers in 2017 stabbing death in Surrey

Tanner Krupa, 19, of Edmonton was murdered while working in B.C. six years ago

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A family member holds a photo of Tanner Krupa at a memorial in Edmonton. The 19-year-old was killed in Surrey in August 2017. PHOTO BY LARRY WONG /Postmedia News

''At about 5 a.m. on Aug. 20, 2017, 19-year-old Tanner Krupa was found unresponsive after a disturbance in the 6900-block of 127A Street.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team continues to work on the case.
Krupa had recently graduated from Edmonton’s Archbishop O’Leary High School and begun working as a directional driller. He was trying to save money to go to university where he planned to study kinesiology.

After being offered a job in B.C., Krupa travelled to Surrey to work for a company laying fibre-optic lines. Three days into his second work tour, he was killed.

Krupa’s mother, Kim Krupa, continues to search for answers about what happened.''

“We have not one idea what happened to our boy, and it’s six years. And we really want to know what happened to him and for somebody that knows something to please come forward and give us those answers.”

Tanner Krupa’s family and friends have launched a website, whathappenedtotanner.com, to tell his story and hopefully convince anyone with information to come forward.

Anyone who knows what happened to Tanner Krupa six years ago is asked to call the IHIT info line at 1-877-551-4448 or email ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

''Aug 20, 2023
The family of 19-year-old homicide victim Tanner Krupa of Edmonton is appealing to the public on the six-year anniversary of his death. Background: On August 20, 2017, at approximately 5 a.m., the Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a disturbance in the 6900-block of 127A Street, in Surrey, British Columbia. When they arrived on scene, frontline police officers found a 19-year old man, the victim of a stabbing, unresponsive. Sadly, there was nothing they could do; the man had succumbed to his injuries. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) took conduct of the investigation and began working in partnership with the Surrey RCMP, the BC Coroner’s Service and the Integrated Forensic Identification Section (IFIS). The victim of this crime was 19-year old Tanner Krupa of Edmonton. Tanner, a recent graduate of Edmonton’s Archbishop O’Leary High School, had began working as a directional driller, while saving money for University where he planned to study Kinesiology. Having been offered work in British Columbia, Tanner travelled to Surrey to work for a company laying fiber-optic lines. It was three days into his second deployment, that Tanner’s life was tragically cut short. Now, six-years later, Kim Krupa, Tanner’s mother, is still looking for answers. If you have any information regarding the murder of Tanner Krupa. Please call IHIT at 1-877-551-4448''

 

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''Tanner Krupa​

Krupa, 19, was found dead in a Surrey alleyway following an altercation involving a large group of males in 2017.''​

 

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Tanner wanted to study and work in kinesiology, so the job in BC wasn't relevant to that.

It makes me wonder why he couldn't find a job closer to home in Alberta? Both Calgary and Edmonton are wealthy cities with opportunities.

It sounds to me like he fell foul of some nefarious people out there, and I'm assuming other people who are in the "fly in - fly out" world of short-contract high paying industrial jobs, which quite often attracts some shady characters who can't work a 9-5 and are on the fringes of society.

The attack at 05.00hrs looks to me like he was attacked before he went to work, by others who also had an early morning start (or finished a night shift in the early hours.)

Motive for killing? The RCMP haven't mentioned robbery and I doubt a young man would have taken too many possessions out there with him, so that seems unlikely.

I think Tanner may have seen something nefarious that one of his colleagues may have done, which would have had serious implications, and he had to be silenced.

I really can't fathom out any other reason in my head.

MOO.